, 1887-07-07


this i added Garada. with over
4O0a.Gua South Africa with over
2,Oo1,0Go, the 100000 of the recently
acquired Burmah, the 100000 of
island population and the minor de-
pendences We have grand tota! of
over 25O,O10000 souls"
1t is stated that the Rev. DR.. Nc
Glynn intends to become q Knight
of Labor and work hereafter in the
interests Of that organization, part of
his time, at least, with view of dis
seminating his land theories. This
announcement creates great rejoic-
ing among the radical element of the
knights. who see n Father McGlynn
man who can be OF great force as
against Powderly.
The project OF wooden mills at
| Walla WalIa has been before the
| board of trade for several months
past. Twenty-Five thousand dollars
on shares was raised some time ago,
and 4 committee was appointed last
week TO solicit from business men.
and today commenced their labOrs.
They have met with good success, 50
| far succeeding in getting subscnp-I
tions to the amount of $4,000. 1t is
| now certain that the mill Will be built.
Mrs. Langtry recently stated to Il
reporter III Oakland that she intend
ed to return 10 that city to live. and
| would become an American citizen.
Her present tour of the United States
| has been very successful. Aside from
her fame as Il beauty, unprejudiced
critics award her praise as an actress
OF merit, both by reason OF natNral
aptitude for the stage and of. hard,
conscientious study of the prOsy, la
borious details of the profession.
Ia the last number of the North
tceSt magazine E. Y. Smalley discus
ses the railway problem of the Pacific
| Northwest He anticipates that a
sharp rivalry will spring up between
the Union Pacific, now that it has
control of the Oregon Railway g.
Navigation lines, and the Northern
Pacific Railroad, unless d division of
territory be agreed upon. OF course
this is possible, but from tie way
these two companies are cutting into
each others territory in Eastern
Washington it looks as though the
fur would fly before any such division
is agreed upon. The Union Pacific
wants salt water terminus, and it is
morally certain that it viii come to
Puget Sound for one ere Ions.
A gentleman just from Geo. Vena-
bic Smiths colony at Port Angeles
states that the tannery is in readiness
to commence making leather as soon
as hides can be procured, and that
the sawmili is almost ready 10 COM
mence cutting lumber A large mum
ber of colonists are constantly arriv-
ing, many of them coming by way OF
the Canadian Pacific The men work
eight hours per day at from $3.50 to
$3.50 per day, but each man Is only
permitted to draw SIS per month of
his wages. A large cookhoas1 has
been established where all hands
feed. Considerable land is being
cleared, and quite little settlement
is springing up. The colonists buy
their hardware and supplies at Seat
tie because they can get what they
want here cheaper than elsewhere
P.L
The fastest steam crafts in the
world have recently been built in |
England. One is passenger steam
er, Queen Victoria, which Is to ply |
between Liverpool and the Isle of
Man. On her trial trip she made the
passage from Creenock to Liverpool
in very bad weather, steaming against
rafting gale, but her log showed an
average of 22i knots, or 25a miles an
hour. The umbria, in her last won
derful voyage from Queenstown,
averaged 49, knots, with twenty
knots as the best average for twenty
four hours. If the Queen Victoria's
average could be maintained across
the Atlantic, the Umbria's record of
s days, hours, II minutes would be
reduced to 4 days, IS hours. The
other crafts are torpedo boats built
for China and Italy These have
made respectively 23.S and 25 knots,
surprising the speed of the fastest
torpedo boat in the British navy.
The secretary OF the interior has
decided adversely to the claim of the
state OF Kansas, under act of January
%, 1861, admitting her into the
Union, to $43, 790, being 5 per cent of
the net proceeds of sales OF certain
lands heretofore received for thu
Cherokee, Kansas, Miami and Usage
tribes. The secretary in his decision
overruled the former action of the
interior department, whereby similar
accounts aggregating over $500 900
have been certified to and paid to the
state by the treasurer every year since
1861 1t is alleged that the state of
Kansas will probably apply to the
United States supreme court for a
mandamus to tho commissioner of
tha general land Office to certify the
claim to the first comptroller of the
treasury for payment, which will raise
question of tho rights of the state
in the premises, This decision will
affect all the states admitted into tns
Union since 1857 having Indian lands,
A special from Wichita, Kan, says:
n. B. Bird, with his wife and daugh-
ter Lotta, has arrived in this city and
relates terrible story of wrong and
suffering endured while confined in
the prison at Del Norte, in old Mex
leo, last winter. Bird was manager
of an opera company, touring in that
country, and while playing in Del
Norte the entire company were ar
rested on fiinsy pretext and thrown
into the same prison where Editor
Cutting was confined. They were
denied a hearing or trial and were
not even allowed to see or converse
with Americans, though several tried
to see them. While they were con-